| Official Name: | Três Ranchos |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -18.3583°N -47.7767°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Goiás |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
| Subdivision Name4: | Catalão |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Elevation M: | 687 |
| Area Total Km2: | 282.0 |
| Population Total: | 2,830 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 75985-000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Três Ranchos is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.
Três Ranchos is located in the statistical micro-region of Catalão See Citybrazil and is bordered by:
It is connected to the important city of Catalão by highway GO-230, passing through Ouvidor. The distance to Catalão is 28 km.
The distance to Goiânia is 383 km. Highway connections are made by BR-352 / Bela Vista de Goiás / Cristianópolis / GO-020 / Pires do Rio / BR-352 / GO-330 / Ipameri / Catalão / GO-330 / BR-352. See Distancias Rodoviarias Sepin
There is also a small airport and two ferries that connect with the state of Minas Gerais crossing the artificial lake of Emborcação.
Três Ranchos began as a port in 1887 on the Paranaíba River and as a place where diamonds were found. The name comes from three houses, really huts, that served as a resting place for the cattle drivers who passed through the region. With the railroad the settlement grew until it was raised to the category of district in Catalão in 1948. In 1953 it was dismembered becoming a municipality with the name Paranaíba de Goiás. Shortly after the old name Três Ranchos was restored.
The economy is based on tourism, subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Agricultural data 2006
The Emborcação Reservoir, on the Paranaíba is famous for its blue color and is called Lago Azul. There are several tourist structures on the lake islands and on the banks, which help the local economy. The lake has a surface of 440 km2 and a maximum depth of 160 meters. It can be reached by taking highways BR-352, GO-330 and GO-208. The hydroelectric plant operated by Cemig is located near the dam, which is 30 kilometers from Três Ranchos. See Pousada3ranchos for information on the city (in Portuguese).
The climate is considered moist tropical with two well defined seasons: dry winter and rainy summer, with a maximum temperature between 18 °C and 23 °C. After the formation of the lake, according to data, the days have become hotter with the maximum going higher than 30 °C.
Municipal Human Development Index